Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60:…

The wife got the gold too, yeah? Was she chuffed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife · What happens: get, chuff · To what, where: gold, wife

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1671 «Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60: the old man's gift and the greedy wife's trip» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: The wife got the gold too, yeah?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gold	det
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 got	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the wife	the gold					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: Was she chuffed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chuffed	aux:pass
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chuffed	nsubj
3	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 chuffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuff	past · passive		wife					tree rules

The options

Option 1

yeah, she was dead chuffed and went all polite and then pinched a heap of the finest gold from the shelf

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 chuffed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chuffed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chuffed	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chuffed	aux:pass
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chuffed	amod
6	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chuffed	conj
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 polite	advmod
10	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 went	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pinched	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 pinched	advmod
13	pinched	pinch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chuffed	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 heap	det
15	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pinched	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 gold	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gold	det
18	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 gold	amod
19	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heap	nmod
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 shelf	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 shelf	det
22	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pinched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuff	past · passive	she				tree rules
2	go	past				polite property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	pinch	past	a heap of the finest gold	the shelf	then		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent heap=Theme from shelf=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she went all polite and grabbed the biggest stones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 polite	advmod
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 went	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grabbed	cc
8	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stones	det
10	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 stones	amod
11	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	she					polite property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grab	past	she not said here	the biggest stones					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme

Option 3

yeah, she was thrilled and took the shiniest coins home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 thrilled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thrilled	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thrilled	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thrilled	cop
5	thrilled	thrilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 took	cc
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thrilled	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coins	det
9	shiniest	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 coins	amod
10	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 took	obj
11	home	home	ADV	_	7 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					thrilled property	tree rules
2	take	past	she not said here	the shiniest coins				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

Option 4

yeah, she went all polite at once and then grabbed every single one of the biggest stones she could carry

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 polite	det
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 went	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 went	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grabbed	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 grabbed	advmod
11	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 one	det
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grabbed	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 stones	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 stones	det
17	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 stones	amod
18	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 one	nmod
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 carry	nsubj
20	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 carry	aux
21	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 stones	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	she			polite property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location
2	grab	past	she not said here	every single one of the biggest stones	then		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	carry	could	she	the biggest stones not said here			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme

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